The style and Cultural Significance of Huxiang Traditional Wood Carving

Abstract

The study of woodcarving art in the Huxiang area has been divided into three key periods: ancient ages, early periods, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. With comparing and contrasting the changes in the woodcarving art styles from the above three periods styles. Simultaneously, it is noted that the wood carving art of these three distinct times has distinctive cultural meaning. The main objective of this research is the trace out the major differences in the woodcarving within the culture of the Huxiang Traditional system. The results shows that the all the three periods have different characteristics of woodcarving which were managed in the traditional style of each period. Secondly, it shows that with the passage of time the traditional woodcarving modernized to within its internal domain in all the periods. It is imperative here to under the basic styles which were working within the ancient woodcarving to understand the modern forms of woodcarving.